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Forum: Trading Journals November 8th, 2009, 07:58 AM
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Posted By HJay
Last Entry In Journal...

Unfortunatly the funds I had hoped to allocate to a cash account will not be available for quite some time. As such I am discontinuing this journal accordingly. I appreciate all the feedback I...
Forum: Trading Journals November 5th, 2009, 04:20 AM
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Posted By HJay
11/05: +$130.00

I woke up just before the London open so decided to have a look. In premarket it had made new lows so my thinking was it would try to test the lows some time in the early session. A very well...
Forum: Trading Journals November 4th, 2009, 08:06 AM
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Posted By HJay
11/04: +$95.00

Price was at the highs most of the morning. I sat on the side lines looking for a good opportunity. After a new high was met a reversal candle formed (setting up for a TRO special "price is either...
Forum: Trading Journals November 3rd, 2009, 08:04 AM
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Posted By HJay
11/03: +$77.50

I stopped short of my goal today but I did so for a couple of reasons. Primarily as I am short on time this morning but even more importantly is that I was in the right trade to give me my daily...
Forum: Trading Journals November 2nd, 2009, 07:51 AM
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Posted By HJay
11/02: +$100.00

I have recently placed a 15 minute thermometer in the upper right hand portion of my screen. It is using a 21 period EMA to show me the "short term" trend. Just another reminder of the direction I...
Forum: Trading Journals October 30th, 2009, 07:44 PM
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Posted By HJay
10/30: +$97.50

Quite a wild ride down on the Market today. As far as my day I was in and out before all of the real fun took place. I got close to my daily goal so I am ok with that.

jdella, yes I am using...
Forum: Trading Journals October 29th, 2009, 12:48 PM
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Posted By HJay
10/29: +$200.00

As noted by others th ORB this morning was a rough play at best. I was able to scale out of my second add (On the upper b/o) as I did not go in full boat on the break out with a small gain. Had I...
Forum: Trading Journals October 28th, 2009, 07:34 AM
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Posted By HJay
10/28: +$185.00

Caught some of the London session. Things were off to a weak start but had been rallying for a period of time. When I saw it struggling to make a higher high I entered short. I took some heat but on...
Forum: Trading Journals October 27th, 2009, 05:54 PM
Replies: 78
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Posted By HJay
10/27: [-$317.50] Break Out OR Fake Out?

9:35 ORB kicked my butt today. As stated in the "All You Need" thread, the YM triggered and went one whole flippin tick before reversing :thumpdown: I had my stop on the other side of the range,...
Forum: Trading Journals October 26th, 2009, 05:31 PM
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Posted By HJay
10/26: +$177.50

Completely overslept for the early morning session. Checked in on the market during a break in the day and was fortunate to find it in the midst of the sell off. I looked to enter on the...
Forum: Trading Journals October 23rd, 2009, 12:27 PM
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Posted By HJay
10/23: +$127.50

Not as easy as yesteday morning, partly because of my own fault:faint:. I set my target below a bounce point mssed my target by 1 tick. I did add a second contract at the next turn down where yet...
Forum: Trading Journals October 22nd, 2009, 07:51 AM
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Posted By HJay
10/22: +$192.50

One and done.. It's nice when it works out that way. Sure is a lot less stressful then fighting your way out of a hole from the start. For some reason I work up just prior to the London open and...
Forum: Trading Journals October 21st, 2009, 05:05 PM
Replies: 78
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Posted By HJay
10/21: +$295.00

Feeling a little better since yesterday's beat down :boxing:

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Forum: Trading Journals October 20th, 2009, 06:09 PM
Replies: 78
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Posted By HJay
10/20: [-$315.00]

Got to post the bad with the good... Just one of those days I guess. I did manage to salvage some of the loss with some YM gains later in the day, but this morning session "is what it is" as they...
Forum: Trading Journals October 19th, 2009, 01:32 PM
Replies: 78
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Posted By HJay
10/19: +$102.50

Thanks for the input Richard.. I think your observations are correct and something I will take a look at. I will say though that there are times, even when the market is strongly moving in one...
Forum: Trading Journals October 16th, 2009, 08:57 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 21,389
Posted By HJay
Hey Jdella.. I think this is it. I just make the...

Hey Jdella.. I think this is it. I just make the Stoch K as transparent and set the rest to 14,3,3 .. Can't remember where I got it but I think Ninja support site..
Forum: Trading Journals October 16th, 2009, 07:53 AM
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Posted By HJay
10/16: +$197.50

Nice movement in the 6E this morning. Several pushes to new lows made this a very tradeable market. Determined to stay on the short side and with the trend, I kept a keen eye on possible setups to...
Forum: Trading Journals October 15th, 2009, 07:48 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 21,389
Posted By HJay
10/15: +$165.00

No post to the journal yesterday... I made a whopping $7.50 and just was too discouraged to post it. I took a step back at my set up, which was derived from a combination of points of view and really...
Forum: Trading Journals October 13th, 2009, 05:07 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 21,389
Posted By HJay
Alinghy, sorry I did not respond yesterday.. The...

Alinghy, sorry I did not respond yesterday.. The indicators used in this setup are defined in the 1st post. After reading that if you still have questions PM me. Answers to your other questions...
Forum: Trading Journals October 13th, 2009, 04:23 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 21,389
Posted By HJay
10/13: +$105.00

I will post comments after while.. Gotta run now. Bottom line is I gave back about $50.00 on the last trade of the day else it would have been a little better.

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Forum: Trading Journals October 12th, 2009, 05:09 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 21,389
Posted By HJay
10/12: +$0.00

This is what happens when you are restricted to just the last hour of the day. There are times when, like today the market doesn't move. There was action in the pre-market that I missed so really...
Forum: Trading Journals October 9th, 2009, 09:20 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 21,389
Posted By HJay
10/09: +$97.50

I woke up this morning (at my regular time :sleep: ) and checked on the 6E. It was anything but Chop Zone so I decided to watch it awhile. As long as there is activity I dont see harm in still...
Forum: Trading Journals October 8th, 2009, 04:32 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 21,389
Posted By HJay
10/08: +$85.00

One thing is for sure, no way am I going to be able to adjust my life enough to get up at 4:00 in the morning to trade,.. This is just not going to happen. Tried it yesterday and spent the rest of...
Forum: Trading Journals October 7th, 2009, 05:59 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 21,389
Posted By HJay
100 Point Target with a 7 point Stop Loss!!

I'll take that ratio everytime.. Yeah but to your point Jugador this is not something you have great success on Trending days for sure. This is just another tool to add to a bag of tricks for those...
Forum: Trading Journals October 7th, 2009, 12:30 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 21,389
Posted By HJay
Confirmation occurs at the "Color Change" of the...

Confirmation occurs at the "Color Change" of the next bar(s)..

So if this occurs at a new LOW of the day you are looking to enter at the close of the first BLUE bar or even the first YELLOW bar...
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